Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-06-23

journalist of repute, encountered
misfortunes. and finally. with lost fort
une and broken health, embarked with
his daughter for 1.-THE new world. !"
where bright prospects opened to him.
But he was more i'll than he had
known, and died on the voyage. One
Of the passengers. Miss Hustled, Of Hill
farm - herself an invalid. returning
home from long years spent abroad
felt much pity for Amy, who had no
near relative anywhere, and not a
friend in America: and she begged her
at once to become her companion. and
accompany her to the old homestead
at l.. The Northern winter
proved too trying for the invalid, and
the kind friend whom Amy had learned
to love died early in May. Relatives
came from distance to the funeral.
and to hear the reading of the will.
Some of them came into immediate
possession of the house; and having
expressed no interest in Amy, ex-
pected her to be gone before the arri-
val of the noon train on the morrow.
when the house would receive its new
inmates.
'.Miss Hustled has kindly left me by
her will few thousand dollars" said
Amy; '.but that must be kept to shell
ter my old age" A singularly old
shadow crossed the girls face as she
said these words. which made her
listener bend forward and smooth the
young forehead with her motherly
hand.
"And now must find some work,
and some place to be" said Amy.
"What can YOU do?" asked Mrs.
Glenn. who really meant to give her
some practical advice.
Sewing, embroidery. little water.
color painting and music-piano and
singing"
Mrs. Glenn pondered few minutes.
Then she said: Il am ready now to
give you advice; but can not give it
to you all at once. You must take il
little by little. as it comes. My first
advice is that you stay and dine with
US to-day, and then will drive you
over to Hill-farm. l am going very
near there to spend the night with my
sister. I always feel SO lonesome when
Howard goes away. He will be gone
two wseAs. and you must come and
spend those two weeks with me. You
can put your things together tonight,
and will call for you tomorrow on
my way home. The country people OF
L. and M all know each other.
You will meet them here with me, and
soon have friends. You need 4 good
rest. The music lessons or some good
work will come afterwards. Now,
don't say word in hesitation. You
trust me; l feel that you do. will help
you all can"
Mrs. Glenn had left Amy to rest
until dinner-time, when Howard re-
turned. He brought some roses in his
hand. and gave them to her. saying:
Il find shall lose my ride to Hill
farm. But l always acquiesce in
mothers plans; they generally turn
out for the best"
Amy smiled such smile of sweet
ness as he could hardly have believed
belonged to that little anxious face.
II believe in her, too" she said. ut
was kind in you to bring me, and it
was kind in-oh. why should I ever
lose faith? l shall find my way now
through the forest of difficulty. feel
that am already out of the woods"
And still brighter with hope would
have been her vision if she could have
seen the future; for it opened upon
miles of pleasantness, like the view
from Towards home. Happy work, a
helping hand, friends. love, the many
simple but kindly scenes that country
life brings. and, still farther in the
future, y day when she would say. with
Howard. not 'my," but ''Our mother
is the most comforting woman in the
world;" and add. with fervor of her
own, grateful and reyerent, 4 was q